Chapter 393: The Living and the Dead

After arranging everything, Ye Guan stood on the top of Zhu'an City, looking into the distance. The darkness of the night mixed with the pouring rain was too close to see it realistically. But according to Ye Guan's estimate, the enemy army will definitely come again, soon.

He had always been worried about one thing in his heart, that is, he arranged for Tu Xingping to attack the enemy camp, and he said it very simply, but both of them knew what it meant to each other. Tu Xingping only had 2,000 soldiers in his hands, even if they were all killed in the enemy's army, they would not play a key role, but they could buy time for the retreat of the large army, and Tu Xingping at that time was also ready to fight to the death.

But until Ye Guan led the troops to retreat to Zhu'an City, there was no shouting of killing nearby, and Tu Xingping's troops did not appear, and until now, there has been no news.

The heavy rain was slowly stopping, and Ye Guan stood quietly in the cold rain, looking in the direction of the camp in the distance. Knowing that the sky was shining, I did not see a single enemy army coming to attack the city. This made Ye Guan puzzled.

In the early morning, everything was shrouded in a hazy mist, and after a night of pouring rain, everything seemed to be washed away. The battle that took place in the jungle last night seemed to have never happened, but in the early morning light, I could see the slightest trace of blood in the stream by the roadside.

The heavy rain washed away everything, as if all the sins had been washed away, and the corpses of the soldiers of the Dongwangfu who remained in the jungle were washed white by the rain.

Koron's corpse rested quietly against a tree, his eyes slightly closed, and the hideous smile on his face before he died, but it was already a little stiff. His face was frighteningly white, without a trace of blood.

A few soft sounds sounded, and a figure appeared next to Korn's corpse, this person was dressed in a gray robe, with gray hair, but there was not a trace of wrinkles on his face, he was looking at Korn's corpse with more interest, and a strange smile appeared on his face.

"Old man Tian is really interesting, he didn't give me the kid surnamed Liu, but found me such a replacement. With a strange smile on his face, the old man looked at Kou Long's body leaning against the tree, took a few steps forward, waved his hands, and a strange gray energy appeared around his body, like a substantial arm, holding up Kou Long's corpse and floating in front of the old man.

The old man pursed his lips, looked at Kou Long's body, as if he was a little dissatisfied, sighed softly, waved his hands again, and the strange gray energy in front of him immediately wrapped Kou Long's body, and quickly removed the armor on his body, revealing Kou Long's solid chest, which was scarred.

"Tell me what you're doing so desperately. The old man took a few steps forward, stretched out a hand like a withered hand, touched the wound of the dragon, and said, "In the end, it is not a death, but a tragic death, the body is like a hole, and it costs me much strength." As he spoke, the old man was visibly impatient, and reached out and slapped it vigorously on Koron's corpse, as if to vent his dissatisfaction.

"Damn old man Tian, just give me such a good thing, when I go back, I must find trouble with him!" The old man roared a few words at Kou Long's corpse, a little hysterical, but finally gritted his teeth, suppressed his anger, looked at Kou Long's corpse again, and sighed again.

Glancing at his mouth, the old man stretched out his hands and quickly lit on the chest of Kou Long's corpse, and the gray mist flashed out quickly, and soon, above Kou Long's chest, a strange magic circle appeared.

"Heaven Snatching Technique, Recovery!" the old man's sharp voice roared, and his hands slammed on Kou Long's chest, only to hear a few crisp sounds, the thick gray mist that was originally shrouded around the corpse quickly drilled into the body, and the original wounds on the corpse were also healing rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared.

The old man gently withdrew the gray mist that was clutching Kou Long's body, and Kou Long's body fell to the ground in a strange position of kneeling on one knee.

I saw that the old man grabbed Kou Long's heavenly spirit with one hand, and there were words in his mouth, and suddenly, a pitch-black light shot out from the old man's body and drilled into Kou Long's body.

"Wake up. The old man raised his hand, stretched out his index finger, and asked for a touch on Kou Long's head, and the next moment, General Kou Long, who had been dead for a long time, actually opened his eyes and looked at the old man in front of him. Immediately, he straightened up and saluted the old man respectfully.

His skin was still a strange pale white, and his face was even paler, but the scars on his body had disappeared, as if he had never been injured, and his eyes were blank, but he clearly had the ability to move.

If this situation is seen by others, it will definitely be scared out of illness, and the fact that life and death are flesh and bones is simply a fantasy, but now this mysterious old man has turned this matter into reality.

"Hey......" After the old man finished this, he looked at Kou Long, sighed, and said in a somewhat complaining tone: "I really lost my capital, originally this yin power was to be left to that Liu boy, but I didn't want to cheapen you, how many people dream of becoming my slave, that day, the old man Tian actually asked me to take you, and I was really angry." ”

The old man was obviously dissatisfied with Kou Long, to say that General Kou Long was also a senior martial artist during his lifetime, with superb combat power, and he was an outstanding person in all aspects, but compared with Liu Yuanliu endlessly, there was indeed a gap between him and Liu Yuanliu.

"Okay, come with me, I don't know what the old man asked me to do with you, it's best for you to stay in the forest and rot. The old man looked helplessly at the resurrected Kou Long, who was expressionless and did not make the slightest movement. The old man flicked his sleeves helplessly, turned around, and walked towards the depths of the jungle, and Kou Long, just following behind the old man, the figures of the two disappeared into the vast jungle.

As dawn passed, the first rays of sunlight shone down, dispelling the dense fog of the early morning, and at this moment, Ye Guan was at the head of the city and saw a group of sergeants marching slowly in the distance. The sergeants and lookouts defending the city on the left and right also discovered the anomaly in the distance for the first time, and immediately became nervous, and all the equipment defending the city was immediately prepared and aimed at the city.

It wasn't until the pair of sergeants came close that Ye Guan saw clearly that the pair of sergeants was headed by Tu Xingping, who made him extremely worried. He hurriedly ordered all the sergeants to put down their bows and crossbows to prevent accidental injuries, and ordered the city to be opened immediately to let Tu Xingping's troops in.

Standing on top of the city, Ye Guan and Tu Xingping, who walked to the bottom of the city, glanced at each other, and Ye Guan saw some confusion in his eyes.

After entering the city, Ye Guan found Tu Xingping for the first time, and the two sat in a suggested bungalow, both of them had many questions in their hearts that needed to be answered.

"General Tu, what are you ......" After Tu Xingping sat down, Ye Guan spoke for the first time, according to his previous arrangement, Tu Xingping should have led people to raid the rear of the enemy army and create chaos, so as to give the large army a chance to retreat, but looking at the structure of Tu Xingping's troops, it didn't look like a war at all.

Tu Xingping knew that Ye Guan must have asked this question, and immediately returned: "According to the commander's orders, the last general led two thousand soldiers along Zongqiu Mountain and went straight to the rear of the enemy, but when he arrived at the place, he only saw a simple camp, and he didn't see a shadow of the enemy on his face. ”

"Retreated?" Ye Guan's heart suddenly suddenly, the enemy army had obviously achieved a big advantage last night, why did he suddenly retreat? Even if he led the troops and soldiers together, the total was only a few thousand men and horses, and in the vast jungle, there was no advantage at all, the enemy army only needed to attack again, it was possible to take down all this force, why did he suddenly retreat.

"Yes. Tu Xingping nodded and said: "I checked a few times, and even went to the jungle on the other side, the enemy camps on both sides were already empty, except for the corpses in the jungle, no abnormalities were found, and the camp was also orderly, and there was no sign of panic." Unable to find any trace of the enemy, the last general could only lead his men and horses back to Zhu'an City and wait for the commander-in-chief's next order. ”

Listening to Tu Xingping's words, Ye Guan's brows furrowed again. This thing is too bizarre to be deduced by common sense.

What was the purpose of the enemy's sudden retreat? Didn't the purpose of the frenzied attack on Zhu'an City in the past few days be to encircle and annihilate this force of Dongwangfu? But at the final moment, they suddenly withdrew, giving Dongwangfu a chance to retreat?

Last night, Ren Zijin's battle report had been transmitted, the retreat route was very quiet, and no trace of the enemy's ambush was found at all, and the vanguard had now arrived near Shilu City. According to the battle report, there were no defensive soldiers on the head of Shilu City, and it is likely that the same thing happened in the city as Zhu'an City. Ren Zijin didn't dare to act rashly, so he wrote to ask Ye Guan for instructions.

Things continued to develop in a strange direction, so that Ye Guan couldn't figure out at all, this was the first time he had fought such a battle, and until now, he hadn't figured out the true intentions of the enemy army, could it be to lure the soldiers of the East Wangfu to Shilu City?

Ye Guan thought about it for a while, asked Tu Xingping to go down to rest first, and immediately went out of the house, came to the scout camp, and ordered the scout camp to immediately dispatch three teams of people to search for traces of the enemy army nearby, including deep mountains in the front and back.

The scout was ordered to leave, and Ye Guan fell into deep thought again, he couldn't give any orders easily now.

A part of the people have withdrawn from Zhu'an City, at that time it was a last resort, Ye Guan was to arrange for Ren Zijin to lead the retreat for the purpose of retreating as much as he could, but now the sudden retreat of the enemy army caught Ye Guan off guard, and now if it is arranged to abandon Zhu'an City, once the enemy army assembles halfway and suddenly launches an attack, the consequences are unimaginable, but if Ren Zijin is ordered to attack the city now, Ye Guan is not on the spot, and he is not completely sure.

Tens of thousands of enemy troops suddenly disappeared under his nose, this thing can no longer be described as weird, it is a bit unbelievable.

If no trace of the enemy army can be found in front of Zhu'an City, Ye Guan plans to let Ren Zijin retreat, and everyone will go out of Zongqiu Mountain from the main gate of Zhu'an City, and do not touch another city, so as not to have more accidents. Moreover, Zhu'an Castle is closer to the outside world, and the retreat will be faster. There were other hidden things in the nearby mountains, and ordinary soldiers did not dare to enter the deep mountains easily, so it was relatively safer.

Suddenly, the city became quiet. The soldiers had been coming to the city before, but now the enemy army suddenly disappeared, and the left and right sergeants were a little puzzled, not knowing what the enemy army thought.

Ye Guan ordered all the sergeants to change shifts and repair to maintain the normal defense of the city, and he returned to the previous small courtyard, sitting behind the wooden table, frowning and thinking about things.

And at this moment, a strange firelight appeared in front of him, and in the next moment, a figure appeared, Ye Guan immediately got up, but found that the person in front of him had seen it before.